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Paddington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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89
deaths in local institutions.
TABLE V.
D eaths in L ocal I nstitutions.
| Year. | Paddington Workhouse and Infirmary. | St. Mary's Hospital. | Children's Hospital. | Lock Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 255 | 386 | 63 | |
| 1901 | 238 | 317 | 92 | 5 |
| 1902 | 298 | 359 | 76 | 2 |
| 1903 | 317 | 342 | ||
| 1904 | 327 | 360 | 92 | 1 |
| 1905 | 324 | 387 | 91 | 4 |
| 1906 | 314 | 356 | 98 | 7 |
| 1907 | 347 | 332 | 3 | |
| 1908 | 373 | 351 | 91 | — |
| 1909 | 350 | 362 | 88 | 5 |
| Averages 1900-1909 | 314 | 355 | 3 | |
| 1910 | 375 | 310 | 104 | 8 |
TABLE VI.
Causes of Deaths in Institutions. 1910.
| Causes of Death. | Local Institutions. | Deaths of Residents recorded beyond the Borough. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse and Infirmary. | St. Mary's Hospital. | Children's Hospital. | Lock Hospital. | Home of Compassion. | Nursing Homes. | Hospitals of Metropolitan Asylums Board. | Special and General Hospitals. | Lunatic Asylums. | Poor Law Institutions. | Elsewhere. | |
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Influenza | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Whooping-cough | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 3 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 |
| Epidemic Enteritis | 12 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Other Septic Diseases | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| Tuberculosis of Lungs | 35 | 12 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 14 | 15 | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| 31 | 29 | 1 | ... | 5 | 8 | ... | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Premature Birth | 4 | 2 | l | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Developmental Diseases | 5 | 11 | 10 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... |
| Old Age | 55 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | ... |
| Bronchitis | 31 | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... |
| 23 | 21 | 17 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Accidents of Childbirth | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Accident and Violence | 9 | 40 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Suicide | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| All other Causes | 125 | 136 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 4 |
| All Causes | 375 | 310 | 104 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 16 | 92 | 41 | 11 | 15 |
| Non-Residents1 | 14 | 228 | 77 | 8 | 9 | 23 | |||||
*The deaths of 25 other non-residents took place either in the streets or houses in the Borough.
Total deaths of non-residents—384.